Isabelle Gan

I’m a product engineer and an endurance athlete. I believe good design is inseparable from good engineering, the way performance is inseparable from preparation.

At 16, I founded my first startup with support from PayPal and learned how to build 0-1. Interning at a YC startup while in high school confirmed it: I wanted to spend my life building technology.

From 17 to 21, I helped integrate systems for a $16B acquisition at BMO, drove 9‑figure enterprise deals at SAP, scaled Pogo from $0 to 5-figure ARR (now 7-figure), and invested in early founders at Pear VC and Ripple Ventures.

Six years across founding, enterprise, and investing taught me I work best at the intersection of product, engineering, and customers. That's what draws me to forward deployed engineering →

Outside of work, I'm the friend who's always up for a sidequest. I find humanity in solo travel and live performances, and I enjoy diving into longevity rabbitholes. I'm also working toward summiting a mountain on every continent and becoming a polyglot.